Consultant in Community Paediatric Medicine

Job description

Job responsibilities

Current work undertaken by the team of Paediatricians includes:

Complex Needs Clinics

Early Years Development Clinics

Early Years Social Communication Clinics

Safeguarding Medical Examinations and preparation of medical reports including attendance at Strategy discussions and ICPCs

A Job plan will be agreed on commencement to include taking on a proportion of the Community Paediatrics duties currently shared amongst the General Paediatricians.

There is a Child Development and Therapies Centre where the post holder would be based alongside the team of Paediatric Therapists and Family Partnership Workers.

We have a governance system, local policies, guidelines and pathways and audits. Safeguarding in Jersey is co-ordinated by the Safeguarding Partnership board. Participation in urgent strategy discussions and Safeguarding medical examinations is currently the responsibility of the on-call Consultant of the week, but Staff Grade doctors participate in safeguarding activity including some strategy discussions and medicals. The post holder would be expected to participate in and support these processes.

In addition to SAS doctors, we have a GP ST1 trainee. We also have medical students on attachment from the University of Southampton. Participation in teaching, training and supporting these doctors and students would be expected

The post holder will be expected to participate in the training of Medical Staff for whom he/she is responsible and ensure that training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. Junior doctors will be appraised at appropriate intervals.

The post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues. The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and support the Governance agenda.

There is a Consultant Locum Policy that encourages cover within the Department without employment of locums. Extra duties are financially rewarded. The policy does allow a locum to cover leave for short periods if necessary. Applicants should acquaint themselves with this policy by requesting the policy document from the HR Department.

The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service.

The post holder would be required to deliver 7.5 sessions of direct clinical care (DCC) per week. There are 2.5 sessions per week of SPA time. If the post holder wishes to take part in on call duties then 1.5-2 sessions in lieu of on-call are given reducing DCC.

We are a small department, currently composed of 5 Paediatric Consultants, 7 Paediatric Staff Grades and 1 GP trainee doctor. We will have an F2 in Paediatrics from April 2023.

We provide acute and ambulatory care to the approximately 16,000 children living in Jersey. This includes Neonatal Care, Acute Paediatric Medical Care and Ambulatory Care. Acute services are delivered at the General Hospital. Robin Ward (the Childrens ward) has 12 beds and cares for medical and surgical in-patients with 1600 admissions per year. Outpatient services are provided for approximately 850 new patients per annum. Visiting consultants deliver clinics in Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Cardiology, Paediatric Respiratory medicine, Paediatric Gastroenterology, Paediatrics Urology and Paediatric Endocrinology.

The successful applicant will provide 7.5 episodes of direct clinical care which will include ward rounds and outpatient clinics. 2.5 Sessions per week are allocated to SPA time and there are 1.5-2 sessions off in lieu of on-call if taking part in the on-call rota. Development of a special interest will be encouraged and supported.

We receive local support from Adult Intensive Care, and the surgical team, including General Surgery, ENT, Orthopaedics and Maxillofacial surgery. We also receive support from CAMHS, Physiotherapy, OT, Speech and Language Therapy and Dietetics.

There are about 1000 deliveries in the Maternity Unit annually. We run a level 1 Neonatal Unit, but frequently need to stabilise preterm babies prior to transfer to tertiary unit. Appropriate cases are transferred to NICU by our own team, but the Southampton PICU will retrieve particularly unstable newborns. Our policy is that complicated pregnancies, including antenatally diagnosed malformations, and deliveries expected before 30 weeks gestation, deliver in tertiary units in the UK. Similarly we will occasionally need to provide urgent care to critically ill children prior to the arrival of the PICU retrieval team.

There is an active Departmental teaching programme to which all members of the team contribute. There is also a generous study leave budget and ample annual study leave allocation, to allow the post holder to maintain their CPD. Annual appraisal is mandatory, which supports GMC revalidation. We have a good record of staff achieving MRCPCH in this post, and we offer MRCPCH preparation tutorials for exam candidates. We have final year students on clinical attachments from Southampton Medical School, and F2 doctors from Wessex, so clinical teaching is an important part of the job.

All consultants have a 10 PA contract for public work which may be worked flexibly to allow private practice on and off site during the normal working week and making up time spent on public work during early mornings, evenings or weekends. Job planning is undertaken annually and PAs in excess of the basic 10PA job plan can be negotiated.

The final job plan will be agreed with the Associate Medical Director- Head of care group Women, Children and Family care and ratified by the Medical Director. The post holders job plan will be reviewed annually with the Medical Director, and will be appraised according to the current guidance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Degree
• Higher Specialty qualification: MRCPCH or similar
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a Licence to practise (for overseas candidates it is mandatory that a licence is obtained prior to appointment).
• Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent in the relevant Specialty (or be within 6 months of obtaining this at the date of the interview - documentary evidence of this must be provided to support your application)

Desirable

• Clinical Experience in an NHS environment
• APLS and NLS certification in date

Experience

Essential

• Broad experience in General Paediatrics, Community Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine

Desirable

• Enthusiastic Teacher
• Previous Management Responsibility / Leadership Experience

Specialist Experience

Desirable

• Willingness to develop a specialist interest

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Health and Community Services

Address

Government Of Jersey

19-21 Broad Street

St. Helier

Jersey

Channel Islands

JE2 3RR

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)